April 7, 2021 8:31 am
The election of chairperson of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Dairy Committee and the role of vice-chair of the National Livestock Committee is underway in the latest IFA committees election.
The IFA has said that ballot papers have been issued to each member of the two committees in this latest IFA committees election. The deadline for returning the completed postal ballot is Friday, April 16.
Each committee will hold a meeting on Friday week (April 16), at which the results will be announced.
IFA committees election
IFA national treasurer, Martin Stapleton, said that despite the restrictions imposed as a result of Covid-19, the IFA National Council decided to press ahead with elections as they were due.
The deadline for returning the completed postal ballot is Friday 16 April.
The IFA is to hold postal ballot elections in the coming days for positions on its dairy committee and its livestock committee.
The role of chair is up for grabs on the dairy committee following Tom Phelan’s decision to step down in order to take up a position with Glanbia.
Stephen Arthur from Wicklow has taken up the role in the interim.
On the livestock committee, the vice-chair is up for election.
Declan Hanrahan currently holds the post having been elected in August 2020.
The role is usually a two-year posting, but Hanrahan was elected mid-term to succeed current chair Brendan Golden after he replaced Angus Woods.
IFA president, Tim Cullinan, said IFA held a constructive and frank discussion with the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and his senior officials ye.